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«There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to want what they can't have and not want what is readily available to them.»
«Success tempts many to their ruin.»
Author: Phaedrus | Keywords: ruin, tempts
«The Devil tempts that he may ruin and destroy; God tests that He may crown.»
Author: St. Ambrose | Keywords: crown, ruin, tempts, tests, the Devil
«But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | Keywords: Satan, tempts, wiser, yore
«The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.»
«Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ''This is a misfortune'' but ''To bear this worthily is good fortune.''»
«On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us -ah! what a dream, to live in that! -the other stifles us at the first breath.»
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle | Keywords: stifles, tempts
«The devil tempts all other men, but idle men tempt the devil»
Author: Turkish Proverb | About: Evil | Keywords: devil, idle, tempt, tempts, the Devil
«It is easy enough to be virtuous When nothing tempts you to stray; When without or within No voice of sin Is luring your soul away. But it is only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire. For the soul that is worth the treasures of the earth is the soul that resists desire.»
«Everything tempts the man who fears temptation»

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